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China has flooded the market with so many solar panels that people are using them as garden fencing (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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Solar panels — 80% of which are made in China — are so cheap that they're now being used to line garden fences in Germany and the Netherlands, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are probably a lot of people that can only afford solar at the prices they are now. Why concentrate on a handful of idiots that built fences with them instead of the thousands that are now able to install them on their roof when they couldn't a few years ago.

Articles like these feel manipulative. Cheap solar is never ever a bad thing. I hope they get cheap enough people slap them on umbrellas.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

That’s fair!